Setup Rocky, ini File, Modern Computers.
At the bottom, editing the ini file.
Rocky http://www.dxatlas.com/Rocky/ The setup information here is good.
Version 3.7 is intended to work with internal and on-board soundcards in Vista and Windows 7 but some are finding problems with internal sound.
It will work with USB sound.
Some have had success using VAC to direct the audio to the internal card.
It seems that Alex, VE3NEA, cannot do anything about this http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/message/67551 try an older computer or USB sound!
From what some have said if you persevere you WILL eventually find a way to run Rocky with a modern computer and Windows 8.
September 2015 TRY ROCKY v3.8, ALEX HAS INCORPORATED USE OF WASAPI DRIVERS FOR LOW LATENCY CW.
Rocky:- Select the receive soundcard. I/Q Input for the SDR output. Audio Output for where the speakers are connected. Initially just leave all else. Do not select Transmit.
Crystal controlled SDRs select single band, enter the centre frequency in Hz.USB controlled Si570s, set as shown.
Start Rocky.
This page http://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/sdr-with-soundcard-basic-faults shows what you might see if
the SDR is correctly connected. Even with no SDR connected Rocky will show a green line on the spectrum showing noise from the soundcard. If you see this then check everything. This page covers most things you may find.
If the green line is solid with no noise showing then there is a problem. Rocky is not connected to the soundcard. The incorrect one may have been selected or another program might be using it. Perhaps it is incompatible with Rocky, in this case another card may be required. Most cards will work. Any USB device with stereo input may be tried. Try using VAC to route audio to the soundcard.
Enable Transmit and select the soundcard to feed IQ signals to the SDR. Depending on the SDR a COM port may be required for PTT. Softrocks and other SDRs with USB control use USB to set the SDR to transmit.
Select BPSK31 mode
Start Rocky, the "TX" button should go green. Clicking this should put the SDR into TX mode and send IQ signals to the SDR. The IQ Amplitude is set on the "Transmit" tab in Setup. Transmit settings are described near the bottom of this page http://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/sdr-with-soundcard-basic-faults
CW:- Plug in an iambic paddle. Select "VOX" for semi-breakin. See TX drop-down.
Setting Frequency:-
By default there are a limited range of centre frequencies that may be selected in the drop-down box.
Rocky.ini will have to be edited to personalise the frequency selection. The section below shows how Rocky.ini may be edited.
Only edit the frequencies between [Bands] and [Windows].
You may just Copy and Paste what you need from mine to yours.
I suggest you save a copy of your original Rocky.ini
Location of Rocky.ini:-
Windows 7 and, presumably, all later Windows C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Afreet\Products\Rocky
Windows XP in the Program File
I have added more frequencies to the examples of the relevant part of Rocky.ini so all bands are available.
Open it with a text file and edit as required keeping the same format.
Frequency of the Si570 local oscillator expressed in Hz.
Do not make this a frequency you will actually need to use as it will be in the centre.
Below, use with earlier Softrocks, note you may customise what you see in Rocky's drop-down frequency menu.
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Note by Tony KB9YIG:-
The Rocky 3.4 SDR software is ideal for use with the v8.3 Lite+Xtall receiver. The Multi-Band selection on the DSP Settings page together with some editing of the Rocky.ini file can provide easy center frequency selection.
The Rocky.ini file Multi-Band center frequency selection lines may be expanded to include 40 lines for each of the center frequencies covered in Tom's v2.5 code. Since the v2.5 code results in a two step operation to select a center frequency on the v8.3 board, each ini file line could look like the following example:
1.820_MHz_160-BPF_B-0_F-0000=1820000
What would then appear in the Rocky Multi-Band center frequency selection list would be:
1.820 MHz 160-BPF B-0 F-0000
This would remind the user that he needs to have the 160m BPF board plugged onto the v8.3 receiver board, bank 0 needs to be selected at the DIP switch and the frequency selection at the DIP switch is 000 which could correspond to 1.820 MHz.
I have tested Rocky 3.4 with the Rocky.ini center frequency table filled out to 40 entries and Rocky does collect and save the I/Q balance data for entry 40 in the file.
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My notes:-
Open Rocky.ini, (found in the C:\Program Files\Alfreet\Rocky) with a text editor (eg Notepad)
Later versions of Windows will have this file in a different place like "C:\Users\(User's Name)\AppData\Roaming\Afreet\Products\Rocky "
I suggest a backup copy of the original Rocky.ini is made before you start.
In between [Bands] and [Windows] lies the region for personal frequency bands.
Each band will have its own RX and TX calibrations.
I do not know the limit for the number of entries, Tony has tested 40, I have entered more, they appear in the drop-down frequency selection. I have not tested all these for RX/TX calibration but I think it should work.
You may copy and paste from here then edit as required.
The first part of each line is displayed in the drop-down frequency list, (this may be long, scroll up and down). The last figure, eg 1820000, is the centre frequency in Hz that is set by the USB controller. Any combination of bands and frequencies may be entered.
Example:- First entry
1.820_MHz_160-BPF_B-0_F-0000 Appears in the drop down window and contributes to the name Rocky associates to the dat file for IQ balance. This is Tony's recommendation to remind you of the bandpass filter and switch positions (if you are using PIC control)
You may make this section as you wish, if you are using USB control it will need to finish with the frequency in Hz eg 1.820MHz enter =1820000
For example 1.820_MHz=1820000 Will appear as 1.820 Mhz in the drop-down and the USB will set 1.820MHz as the centre frequency.
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[Bands]
1.820_MHz_160-BPF_B-0_F-0000=1820000
1.880_MHz_160-BPF_B-0_F-0001=1880000
1.920_MHz_160-BPF_B-0_F-0010=1920000
3.520_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0011=3520000
3.550_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0100=3550000
3.600_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0101=3600000
3.650_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0110=3650000
3.680_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0111=3680000
3.710_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-1000=3710000
3.740_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0000=3740000
3.780_MHz_80-BPF_B-0_F-0000=3780000
7.020_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7020000
7.060_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7060000
7.100_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7100000
7.140_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7140000
7.180_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7180000
7.150_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7150000
7.175_MHz_40-BPF_B-0_F-0000=7175000
10.13_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=10130000
14.02_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14020000
14.06_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14060000
14.10_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14100000
14.14_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14140000
14.18_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14180000
14.22_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14220000
14.26_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14260000
14.30_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14200000
14.325_Hz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=14325000
18.08_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=18080000
18.12_MHz_30-BPF_B-0_F-0000=18120000
18.15_MHz_20-BPF_B-0_F-0000=18150000
21.02_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21020000
21.06_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21060000
21.10_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21100000
21.14_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21140000
21.18_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21180000
21.02_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21020000
21.06_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21060000
21.10_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21100000
21.14_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21140000
21.18_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21180000
21.22_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21220000
21.26_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21260000
21.30_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21300000
21.34_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21340000
21.38_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21380000
21.42_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21420000
21.46_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=21460000
24.9_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=24900000
24.94_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=24940000
28.02_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=28020000
21.06_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=28060000
28.18_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=28180000
28.2_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=28200000
28.5_MHz_15-BPF_B-0_F-0000=28500000
[Windows]
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July 2011 For current Softrocks with Si570 and ABPF controlled by USB. As above, frequencies may be added in the same format, edited or deleted.
For use with the Ensemble RXTX you could add an entry similar to above to remind you when the extra LPF needs to be used.
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[Bands]
1.850_MHZ=1850000
1.950_MHZ=1950000
1.970_MHZ=1970000
3.520_MHz_Add_LPF=3520000
3.560_MHz=3560000
3.600_MHz=3600000
3.640_MHz=3640000
3.680_MHz=3680000
3.720_MHz=3720000
3.760_MHz=3760000
3.800_MHz=3800000
3.980_MHz=3980000
5.960_MHz=5960000
6.000_MHz=6000000
7.020_MHz_No_LPF=7020000
7.060_MHz=7060000
7.100_MHz=7100000
7.140_MHz=7140000
7.180_MHz=7180000
7.220_MHz=7220000
7.260_MHz=7260000
7.300_MHz=7300000
7.400_MHz=7400000
7.500_MHZ=7500000
10.000_MHz=10000000
10.1266_MHz=10126600
10.1402_MHz=10140200
10.15_MHZ=10100000
14.10_MHZ=14100000
14.300_MHZ=14280000
18.120_MHZ=18120000
21.050_MHZ=21050000
21.250_MHZ=21250000
21.350_MHH=21350000
28.100_MHZ=28100000
28.400_MHZ=28400000
28.500_MHZ=28500000
28.600_MHZ=28600000
28.700_MHZ=28700000
28.800_MHZ=28800000
2.5_MHZ_WWV=2502000
5_ MHz_WWV=50012000
10_MHZ_WWV=10012000
15_MHZ_WWV=15012000
20_MHZ_WWV=20012000
[Windows]
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